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Bob Sacamano
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 Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 2:59 am Post subject: Can someone point me to a guide on setting up two monitors? |
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| I've been searching these forums and googling for a while now and can't seem to find a guide on how to setup two montitors. Can someone help me out? |
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ecoffey
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| Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 3:05 am Post subject: |
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This is kinda old, but it might help:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Xinerama-HOWTO/index.html
If you don't want Xinerama, then don't turn the option on and you'll be able to use the second monitor to do other X stuff (i.e. run two different window managers, or watch a movie on one and hack on another) |
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fisherking
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| Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:02 am Post subject: |
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If you need, here is my xorg.conf, configured for two monitors ( no xinerama ). I have an ATI-card. The configuration is kind of messy, but it works for me!
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# **********************************************************************
# DRI Section
# **********************************************************************
Section "dri"
# Access to OpenGL ICD is allowed for all users:
Mode 0666
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Module section -- this section is used to specify
# which dynamically loadable modules to load.
# **********************************************************************
#
Section "Module"
# This loads the DBE extension module.
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection
# This loads the Type1 and FreeType font modules
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
# This loads the GLX module
Load "glx" # libglx.a
Load "dri" # libdri.a
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Files section. This allows default font and rgb paths to be set
# **********************************************************************
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr//lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Input devices
# **********************************************************************
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "se"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************
# Any number of monitor sections may be present
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
HorizSync 30-100
VertRefresh 60-160
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
HorizSync 31.5 - 91.1
VertRefresh 60-160
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************
# === ATI device section ===
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Graphics Adapter connector 0"
Driver "fglrx"
# ### generic DRI settings ###
# === disable PnP Monitor ===
#Option "NoDDC"
# === disable/enable XAA/DRI ===
Option "no_accel" "no"
Option "no_dri" "no"
# === misc DRI settings ===
Option "mtrr" "off" # disable DRI mtrr mapper, driver has its own code for mtrr
# ### FireGL DDX driver module specific settings ###
# === Screen Management ===
Option "DesktopSetup" "0x00000000"
Option "MonitorLayout" "TMDS, CRT"
Option "IgnoreEDID" "off"
Option "HSync2" "31.5 - 91.1"
Option "VRefresh2" "60-160"
Option "ScreenOverlap" "0"
# === TV-out Management ===
Option "NoTV" "yes"
Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
Option "TVHSizeAdj" "0"
Option "TVVSizeAdj" "0"
Option "TVHPosAdj" "0"
Option "TVVPosAdj" "0"
Option "TVHStartAdj" "0"
Option "TVColorAdj" "0"
Option "GammaCorrectionI" "0x00000000"
Option "GammaCorrectionII" "0x00000000"
# === OpenGL specific profiles/settings ===
Option "Capabilities" "0x00000000"
# === Video Overlay for the Xv extension ===
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
# === OpenGL Overlay ===
# Note: When OpenGL Overlay is enabled, Video Overlay
# will be disabled automatically
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
# === Center Mode (Laptops only) ===
Option "CenterMode" "off"
# === Pseudo Color Visuals (8-bit visuals) ===
Option "PseudoColorVisuals" "off"
# === QBS Management ===
Option "Stereo" "off"
Option "StereoSyncEnable" "1"
# === FSAA Management ===
Option "FSAAEnable" "no"
Option "FSAAScale" "1"
Option "FSAADisableGamma" "yes"
Option "FSAACustomizeMSPos" "no"
Option "FSAAMSPosX0" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY0" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX1" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY1" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX2" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY2" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX3" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY3" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX4" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY4" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX5" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY5" "0.000000"
# === Misc Options ===
Option "UseFastTLS" "0"
Option "BlockSignalsOnLock" "on"
Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "yes"
Option "ForceGenericCPU" "no"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0" # vendor=1002, device=4152
Screen 0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Graphics Adapter connector 1"
Driver "fglrx"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0" # vendor=1002, device=4152
Screen 1
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "ATI Graphics Adapter connector 0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
#Option "backingstore"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
ViewPort 0 0 # initial origin if mode is smaller than desktop
# Virtual 1280 1024
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "ATI Graphics Adapter connector 1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
#Option "backingstore"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0 # initial origin if mode is smaller than desktop
# Virtual 1280 1024
EndSubsection
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# ServerLayout sections.
# **********************************************************************
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Server Layout"
Screen "Screen0"
Screen "Screen1" LeftOf "Screen0"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
### EOF ###
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Bob Sacamano
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| Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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here is my xorg.conf. both of my monitors are working, but they display the exact same image. I want one large desktop that I can drag move the mouse and drag windows between. What do I need to do?
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# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************
# Any number of monitor sections may be present
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "leftdell"
HorizSync 30-80
VertRefresh 56-75
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "rightdell"
HorizSync 30-80
VertRefresh 56-75
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************
Section "Device"
Identifier "primaryradeon"
Driver "radeon"
VideoRam 131072
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "secondaryradeon"
Driver "radeon"
VideoRam 131072
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************
# Any number of screen sections may be present. Each describes
# the configuration of a single screen. A single specific screen section
# may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen"
# option.
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 0"
Device "primaryradeon"
Monitor "leftdell"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "secondaryradeon"
Monitor "rightdell"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# ServerLayout sections.
# **********************************************************************
# Any number of ServerLayout sections may be present. Each describes
# the way multiple screens are organised. A specific ServerLayout
# section may be specified from the X server command line with the
# "-layout" option. In the absence of this, the first section is used.
# When now ServerLayout section is present, the first Screen section
# is used alone.
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Simple Layout"
Screen "Screen 0"
Screen "Screen 1" RightOf "Screen0"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
# Section "DRI"
# Mode 0666
# EndSection
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ecoffey
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| Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "true"
EndSection
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See if that works... |
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Bob Sacamano
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| Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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| ecoffey wrote: | | Code: |
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "true"
EndSection
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See if that works... |
doesn't change anything  |
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BitJam
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| Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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Bob Sacamano,
The BusID's for your primary and secondary Radion are the same in your config file. This can't be good. Use the lspci command to find the actual id's. |
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Bob Sacamano
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| Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 1:22 am Post subject: |
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| BitJam wrote: | Bob Sacamano,
The BusID's for your primary and secondary Radion are the same in your config file. This can't be good. Use the lspci command to find the actual id's. |
I made the correction, but the problem still exists |
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hackerError
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| Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 7:42 am Post subject: |
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| Code: | Section "Device"
Identifier "GFFX5200"
# Driver "vesa"
Driver "nvidia"
# Driver "nv"
# Driver "i810"
VideoRam 131072
# VideoRam 8192
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
#Option "NvAGP" "2"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
#Option "DigitalVibrance" "127" #Vary me
#twinview
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "31.5-82.0"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "50-70"
Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024,1280x1024; 1280x1024,NULL; 1024x768,NULL; 800x600,NULL; 640x480,NULL"
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Thats if you have an nvidia card and want to use the twinview feature. works for me  [/code]
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DailyNodes
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| Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 10:57 am Post subject: |
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yeah nvidia cards are better supported then ati's 
try removing the BusID from the device sections |
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BlackEdder
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| Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 11:06 am Post subject: |
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| What card do you have. You are using the open source radeon driver and I'm not sure it will support it, if you can use the binary driver use that and run fglrxconfig to get it configured. |
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Bob Sacamano
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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| BlackEdder wrote: | | What card do you have. You are using the open source radeon driver and I'm not sure it will support it, if you can use the binary driver use that and run fglrxconfig to get it configured. |
I have a radeon 9600 pro
I'm using xfce4 as my desktop environment, is that why I can't get my dual monitors working? |
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Bob Sacamano
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| Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 1:22 am Post subject: |
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Piot
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| Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 8:53 am Post subject: |
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| What I did to get my Dual moniter working was to emerge the ati-drivers. Then run the fglrxconfig and configure it with Dual Head and then my two moniters work. |
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Bob Sacamano
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| Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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I merged ati-drivers and used fglrxconfig to generate a new xorg.conf
this however did not get my second monitor working properly. However its function has changed. Before I merged ati-drivers my second monitor was a mirror of the first one. Now, however it displays a light blue background and I am unable to move the mouse or any windows over there (I'm guessing that dual displays are just not supported by xfce4)
I merged kde-base to see if I had a working configuration and much to my surprise both monitors work with kde. But I HATE kde so I'm not sure what I'm going to do.
One issue has arrisen though after merging ati-drivers. If I close xfce, I'm unable to go back to the command line. I then have to restart my computer.
Any ideas? |
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Bob Sacamano
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ivanhoek
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| Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 1:17 am Post subject: |
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| Seriously.. just buy an Nvidia card, any nvidia card will do.. I guarantee you it will be a lot less stressful. |
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Bob Sacamano
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| Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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| ivanhoek wrote: | | Seriously.. just buy an Nvidia card, any nvidia card will do.. I guarantee you it will be a lot less stressful. |
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